[johniegrad]

I read the entire thing and have come to the conclusion that the author has tied himself in knots in a desperate attempt to avoid the obvious. Many of the comments that follow do the same.

As a bit of an aside, there are many people who believe that life began during the Enlightenment and its development, the scientific method. Generally speaking, I find that the people most in awe of the scientific method are people who don't use or understand it. Most scientists know its limitations.

[1010RD]

Absolutely correct. When I debate liberals they love to use ‘facts’ without understanding them or ‘stats’ without knowing how they are calculated. They simply want their own irrefutable facts. Liberalism is a religion.

I’m not a fan of all his stuff, but Popper gets it right with Falsification. Liberals avoid that test. When their ideas fail it is the peoples’ fault.

The proper order of things in God’s economy is People, Things and then Ideas. Liberalism turns that on its head - Ideas come first and Things and then People. The problem for liberals is people.